Income inequality (Gini): zip codes ranked in Massachusetts
Income inequality on a 0-to-1 scale. 0 means every household earns the same; higher means income is concentrated among fewer households. The U.S. scores about 0.48. Lower is more equal. These lists rank zip codes in Massachusetts with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
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Zip codes with the most income inequality
| # | Zip | City | Inequality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02650 | North Chatham | 0.650 |
| 2 | 02163 | Boston | 0.642 |
| 3 | 02115 | Boston | 0.641 |
| 4 | 02539 | Edgartown | 0.638 |
| 5 | 02111 | Boston | 0.633 |
| 6 | 02116 | Boston | 0.623 |
| 7 | 02557 | Oak Bluffs | 0.616 |
| 8 | 02118 | Boston | 0.603 |
| 9 | 02633 | Chatham | 0.595 |
| 10 | 02738 | Marion | 0.579 |
| 11 | 02655 | Osterville | 0.575 |
| 12 | 01908 | Nahant | 0.570 |
| 13 | 02119 | Roxbury | 0.561 |
| 14 | 02110 | Boston | 0.561 |
| 15 | 01266 | West Stockbridge | 0.557 |
| 16 | 01609 | Worcester | 0.550 |
| 17 | 02540 | Falmouth | 0.550 |
| 18 | 01901 | Lynn | 0.548 |
| 19 | 02464 | Newton Upper Falls | 0.548 |
| 20 | 01103 | Springfield | 0.547 |
| 21 | 01003 | Amherst | 0.546 |
| 22 | 01107 | Springfield | 0.546 |
| 23 | 01002 | Amherst | 0.545 |
| 24 | 02121 | Dorchester | 0.542 |
| 25 | 02138 | Cambridge | 0.538 |
| 26 | 02467 | Chestnut Hill | 0.536 |
| 27 | 02215 | Boston | 0.535 |
| 28 | 02108 | Boston | 0.535 |
| 29 | 01105 | Springfield | 0.534 |
| 30 | 02653 | Orleans | 0.530 |
| 31 | 02719 | Fairhaven | 0.527 |
| 32 | 02493 | Weston | 0.525 |
| 33 | 02199 | Boston | 0.520 |
| 34 | 02043 | Hingham | 0.519 |
| 35 | 01907 | Swampscott | 0.517 |
| 36 | 01230 | Great Barrington | 0.515 |
| 37 | 01062 | Florence | 0.514 |
| 38 | 02631 | Brewster | 0.513 |
| 39 | 02535 | Chilmark | 0.513 |
| 40 | 01247 | North Adams | 0.512 |
| 41 | 02114 | Boston | 0.512 |
| 42 | 01773 | Lincoln | 0.510 |
| 43 | 02126 | Mattapan | 0.508 |
| 44 | 02445 | Brookline | 0.508 |
| 45 | 02125 | Dorchester | 0.507 |
| 46 | 02725 | Somerset | 0.506 |
| 47 | 02465 | West Newton | 0.506 |
| 48 | 02446 | Brookline | 0.506 |
| 49 | 02462 | Newton Lower Falls | 0.505 |
| 50 | 02124 | Dorchester Center | 0.504 |
| 51 | 01702 | Framingham | 0.504 |
| 52 | 02748 | South Dartmouth | 0.504 |
| 53 | 01223 | Becket | 0.503 |
| 54 | 02646 | Harwich Port | 0.503 |
| 55 | 01267 | Williamstown | 0.503 |
| 56 | 02476 | Arlington | 0.502 |
| 57 | 02120 | Roxbury Crossing | 0.502 |
| 58 | 02066 | Scituate | 0.500 |
| 59 | 02466 | Auburndale | 0.499 |
| 60 | 01610 | Worcester | 0.499 |
| 61 | 01902 | Lynn | 0.498 |
| 62 | 02482 | Wellesley | 0.498 |
| 63 | 02670 | West Dennis | 0.497 |
| 64 | 02576 | West Wareham | 0.497 |
| 65 | 02534 | Cataumet | 0.497 |
| 66 | 01060 | Northampton | 0.494 |
| 67 | 01201 | Pittsfield | 0.492 |
| 68 | 01262 | Stockbridge | 0.492 |
| 69 | 02723 | Fall River | 0.491 |
| 70 | 02667 | Wellfleet | 0.491 |
| 71 | 02746 | New Bedford | 0.491 |
| 72 | 02664 | South Yarmouth | 0.490 |
| 73 | 02142 | Cambridge | 0.490 |
| 74 | 02494 | Needham Heights | 0.488 |
| 75 | 01605 | Worcester | 0.488 |
| 76 | 01945 | Marblehead | 0.487 |
| 77 | 02189 | East Weymouth | 0.486 |
| 78 | 02062 | Norwood | 0.486 |
| 79 | 01040 | Holyoke | 0.485 |
| 80 | 02630 | Barnstable | 0.485 |
| 81 | 02129 | Charlestown | 0.485 |
| 82 | 02635 | Cotuit | 0.485 |
| 83 | 01742 | Concord | 0.485 |
| 84 | 01950 | Newburyport | 0.484 |
| 85 | 01864 | North Reading | 0.484 |
| 86 | 01930 | Gloucester | 0.483 |
| 87 | 02301 | Brockton | 0.481 |
| 88 | 02673 | West Yarmouth | 0.481 |
| 89 | 02122 | Dorchester | 0.481 |
| 90 | 02171 | Quincy | 0.480 |
| 91 | 02139 | Cambridge | 0.480 |
| 92 | 02330 | Carver | 0.480 |
| 93 | 02025 | Cohasset | 0.479 |
| 94 | 01013 | Chicopee | 0.478 |
| 95 | 01890 | Winchester | 0.477 |
| 96 | 02045 | Hull | 0.477 |
| 97 | 01944 | Manchester | 0.477 |
| 98 | 01608 | Worcester | 0.475 |
| 99 | 02021 | Canton | 0.475 |
| 100 | 02536 | East Falmouth | 0.475 |
Zip codes with the least income inequality
| # | Zip | City | Inequality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01611 | Cherry Valley | 0.287 |
| 2 | 02538 | East Wareham | 0.300 |
| 3 | 02071 | South Walpole | 0.302 |
| 4 | 01474 | West Townsend | 0.303 |
| 5 | 01005 | Barre | 0.309 |
| 6 | 02702 | Assonet | 0.313 |
| 7 | 01008 | Blandford | 0.314 |
| 8 | 01537 | North Oxford | 0.319 |
| 9 | 01827 | Dunstable | 0.323 |
| 10 | 02648 | Marstons Mills | 0.324 |
| 11 | 01092 | West Warren | 0.325 |
| 12 | 01731 | Hanscom Afb | 0.330 |
| 13 | 01834 | Groveland | 0.334 |
| 14 | 01011 | Chester | 0.335 |
| 15 | 02764 | North Dighton | 0.336 |
| 16 | 01524 | Leicester | 0.336 |
| 17 | 01368 | Royalston | 0.338 |
| 18 | 02032 | East Walpole | 0.338 |
| 19 | 01342 | Deerfield | 0.342 |
| 20 | 01452 | Hubbardston | 0.344 |
| 21 | 01756 | Mendon | 0.346 |
| 22 | 01534 | Northbridge | 0.347 |
| 23 | 01543 | Rutland | 0.348 |
| 24 | 01468 | Templeton | 0.349 |
| 25 | 01430 | Ashburnham | 0.350 |
| 26 | 01036 | Hampden | 0.352 |
| 27 | 01569 | Uxbridge | 0.352 |
| 28 | 01072 | Shutesbury | 0.353 |
| 29 | 01612 | Paxton | 0.354 |
| 30 | 01566 | Sturbridge | 0.356 |
| 31 | 02769 | Rehoboth | 0.356 |
| 32 | 01039 | Haydenville | 0.359 |
| 33 | 01523 | Lancaster | 0.359 |
| 34 | 02717 | East Freetown | 0.360 |
| 35 | 01740 | Bolton | 0.361 |
| 36 | 01022 | Chicopee | 0.361 |
| 37 | 01863 | North Chelmsford | 0.362 |
| 38 | 01351 | Montague | 0.364 |
| 39 | 02715 | Dighton | 0.366 |
| 40 | 01366 | Petersham | 0.367 |
| 41 | 02779 | Berkley | 0.368 |
| 42 | 02726 | Somerset | 0.368 |
| 43 | 01516 | Douglas | 0.369 |
| 44 | 02322 | Avon | 0.369 |
| 45 | 01235 | Hinsdale | 0.369 |
| 46 | 01520 | Holden | 0.370 |
| 47 | 01529 | Millville | 0.371 |
| 48 | 01077 | Southwick | 0.372 |
| 49 | 02382 | Whitman | 0.372 |
| 50 | 01462 | Lunenburg | 0.373 |
| 51 | 02632 | Centerville | 0.374 |
| 52 | 01983 | Topsfield | 0.377 |
| 53 | 01026 | Cummington | 0.378 |
| 54 | 02571 | Wareham | 0.378 |
| 55 | 01510 | Clinton | 0.378 |
| 56 | 01129 | Springfield | 0.379 |
| 57 | 02359 | Pembroke | 0.379 |
| 58 | 02777 | Swansea | 0.379 |
| 59 | 01050 | Huntington | 0.379 |
| 60 | 02191 | North Weymouth | 0.381 |
| 61 | 01821 | Billerica | 0.381 |
| 62 | 01096 | Williamsburg | 0.381 |
| 63 | 02718 | East Taunton | 0.382 |
| 64 | 01590 | Sutton | 0.383 |
| 65 | 01879 | Tyngsboro | 0.383 |
| 66 | 01747 | Hopedale | 0.384 |
| 67 | 01007 | Belchertown | 0.384 |
| 68 | 02056 | Norfolk | 0.385 |
| 69 | 02770 | Rochester | 0.385 |
| 70 | 02346 | Middleboro | 0.386 |
| 71 | 01337 | Bernardston | 0.387 |
| 72 | 02766 | Norton | 0.387 |
| 73 | 01860 | Merrimac | 0.388 |
| 74 | 01473 | Westminster | 0.388 |
| 75 | 01341 | Conway | 0.389 |
| 76 | 02113 | Boston | 0.389 |
| 77 | 02347 | Lakeville | 0.389 |
| 78 | 02351 | Abington | 0.390 |
| 79 | 01887 | Wilmington | 0.390 |
| 80 | 01826 | Dracut | 0.390 |
| 81 | 02338 | Halifax | 0.390 |
| 82 | 01360 | Northfield | 0.391 |
| 83 | 01128 | Springfield | 0.391 |
| 84 | 01515 | East Brookfield | 0.392 |
| 85 | 01063 | Northampton | 0.392 |
| 86 | 01862 | North Billerica | 0.392 |
| 87 | 01923 | Danvers | 0.393 |
| 88 | 01835 | Haverhill | 0.393 |
| 89 | 01519 | Grafton | 0.394 |
| 90 | 01985 | West Newbury | 0.395 |
| 91 | 01071 | Russell | 0.396 |
| 92 | 01904 | Lynn | 0.396 |
| 93 | 01469 | Townsend | 0.396 |
| 94 | 01354 | Gill | 0.396 |
| 95 | 02771 | Seekonk | 0.397 |
| 96 | 02019 | Bellingham | 0.397 |
| 97 | 01068 | Oakham | 0.397 |
| 98 | 01501 | Auburn | 0.397 |
| 99 | 01701 | Framingham | 0.397 |
| 100 | 01028 | East Longmeadow | 0.398 |
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